IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Jeanetta

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Jones

Sep 25, 1936 — Mar 25, 2023

Obituary

JEANETTA JONES WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1936, IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. SHE WAS THE THIRD CHILD BORN TO THE LATE HENRY TAYLOR, SR. AND VIOLA B. TAYLOR.

JEANETTA PROFESSED HER LIFE TO CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AT SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. SHE MOVED TO EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY IN THE FIFTIES, WHERE SHE MARRIED THE LATE ALLEN JONES IN1962. SHE WAS A LOVING MOTHER TO THE LATE LARRY WAY.

A LONGSTANDING EMPLOYEE OF REVLON, JEANETTA BEGAN HER CAREER IN 1956 UNTIL SHE RETIRED IN 1991.

JEANETTA LOVED ATTENDING CHURCH AND CHERISHED PRAISING THE LORD. SHE ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND BECAME MEMBERS OF NEW LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH IN BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

JEANETTA LOVED TO READ HER BIBLE, PRAY FOR OTHERS, AND SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY. SHE WAS A LOVING AND CARING PERSON, A DEVOTED WIFE, MOTHER, AND FRIEND, ALWAYS THINKING OF OTHERS FIRST. "TO KNOW HER WAS TO LOVE HER.

JEANETTA HAD TWO BROTHERS WHO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH, ROBERT JEFFERSON AND JERRY TAYLOR; AND TWO SISTERS WHO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH, BETTY WIN AND DOROTHY DIXON. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER LOVING MEMORY HER SISTER MARGIE FERGUSON, HER BROTHER HENRY TAYLOR, JR. (AND HIS WIFE ESTELLA) AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND FRIENDS.

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